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Start at the beginning, or choose the question you came here with. Seven lessons take you through types, functions and relationships — and the limits of the model.
Lesson 1 · 7 min read
What Is Socionics? A Simple Guide to the 16 Types and Relationships
Socionics explained simply: where it came from, what the 16 types are, and why it is really a map of how two people affect each other.
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Socionics vs MBTI: Key Differences, Explained Simply
Socionics and MBTI both come from Jung and both have 16 types. Here is what is the same, what is different, and how to translate your MBTI type.
Read lesson 2Lesson 3 · 8 min read
The 8 Socionics Functions (Information Elements) Explained
The eight Socionics functions in plain language: what Ne, Ni, Se, Si, Te, Ti, Fe and Fi notice, with everyday examples and no jargon.
Read lesson 3Lesson 4 · 8 min read
Model A in Socionics: How Your Type Works, Position by Position
Model A explains why the same function feels confident in one person and painful in another. A plain guide to the eight positions in your type.
Read lesson 4Lesson 5 · 7 min read
The 4 Socionics Quadras: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta
Why you feel at home with some groups instantly. A plain guide to the four Socionics quadras, their shared values and the types in each one.
Read lesson 5Lesson 6 · 9 min read
Intertype Relations: Why Some Pairs Just Work
Duality, activation, mirror, conflict and the rest. A plain guide to the 14 Socionics intertype relations and what each one feels like from the inside.
Read lesson 6Lesson 7 · 7 min read
Is Socionics Scientific? An Honest Answer
An honest answer: what the evidence says about Socionics, why it still helps many people, and how to use it without overclaiming.
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